The Ryan Machine

The Ryan Machine

The Weekly Standard

February 2, 2018

“We’ve basically broken every single fundraising record there is to break,” says Ryan. “I had a week’s notice before I became speaker. . . . I don’t think I could’ve done it if I hadn’t had that 2012 experience.” Ryan is quick to credit his political team​—​led by executive director Kevin Seifert, deputy director Jake Kastan, and finance chairman Spencer Zwick